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Several organizations in Sevastopol have proposed forming a federative state, Malorossiya, and drafted an appeal to Sevastopol residents and to the local legislatures in southern, eastern and central Ukraine.

“A appeal has been drawn up to the regional, city and district
legislatures in southeastern and central Ukraine to form the Federative
State of Malorossiya, orientated to Russia, as well as a call to the
Russian leadership and people, to the EU and to the world community,”
the Sevastopol Coordinating Center (SCC) said in a statement.

The SCC has been set up “to coordinate the work of all branches of
authority in Sevastopol,” the statement says. Also, “youth groups have
been formed in the city under the leadership of retired servicemen” in
order to maintain public peace and prevent provocation, it said.

“In view of real threat of a state coup and seizure of power by force
in Ukraine, the headquarters of the Russian public and political
organizations have met with representatives of youth, sport, Cossack,
political and public organizations of the Russian Hero City of
Sevastopol,” it says.

The meeting produced the decision “for Sevastopol to use its right to
self-determination and to exit Ukraine’s legal space in the event of a
state coup, or seizure of power by force,” the statement says.

An appeal has been prepared to residents of Sevastopol, and “a set of
measures has been discussed to organize and hold a Sevastopol People’s
Assembly.”

The decision was supported by 12 organizations: the United Rus party,
the Coordinating Council of the Russian Organizations of Tavria and
Sevastopol, the Russian Community of Sevastopol, the movement for united
Rus, the Russian Community ‘Sobol,’ the Russian Sevastopol youth
movement, the Black Sea Cossack Troop, the Khramov Foundation human
rights organization, the Directorate of Cultural and Educational
Programs, the Russian People’s Union, the ‘For United Rus’ national
movement, and the pan-Crimean ‘For the Republic of Crimea’ voters’
movement.